SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USERS BASED ON MOTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION ABOUT TIME

摘要

A social network service providing system and method for setting a relationship between users based on a motion of a mobile terminal, and information about time. The social network service providing system may include a request receiver to receive, from a mobile terminal, a request generated in accordance with a motion of the mobile terminal, an information providing unit to provide location information of the mobile terminal, and information about at least one of a local time when the request is transmitted by the mobile terminal, and an arrival time when the request is received, a mobile terminal identifying unit to identify at least one other mobile terminal based on the location information and the information about the at least one of the local time and the arrival time, and a user information providing unit to provide information about a user of the at least one other mobile terminal.

主权项

1. A social network service providing system, comprising:
a non-transitory storage device; a request receiving unit stored on the storage device and configured to receive, from a mobile terminal, a request generated in accordance with a motion of the mobile terminal; an information providing unit configured to provide location information of the mobile terminal and information about at least one of a local time when the request is transmitted by the mobile terminal and an arrival time when the request is received by the request receiving unit; a mobile terminal identifying unit is configured to identify, among other mobile terminals each of which transmits a request in accordance with a motion thereof to the request receiving unit, at least one other mobile terminal that is positioned within a scope determined based on the location information and distance information and that has a first difference between the local time and a local time when the request is transmitted by one of the other mobile terminals or a second difference between the arrival time and an arrival time when the request is received by said one of the other mobile terminals, the first and the second differences being less than a reference value; a user information providing unit configured to provide a first request to add a user of the at least one other mobile terminal as a friend, which includes first information about the user of the at least one other mobile terminal, to the mobile terminal and a second request to add a user of the mobile terminal as a friend, which includes second information about the user of the mobile terminal, to the at least one other mobile terminal; and an information storage unit configured to associate and store, when the first request is accepted by the mobile terminal and the second request is accepted by the at least one other mobile terminal, the first information and the second information to allow to form a relationship between the user of the mobile terminal and the user of the at least one other mobile.